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College offers special sendees to assist students
"by Jennifer Barbee
Clarion Asst. Editor
Brevard College is offering many
services for students this year. Some of
the services have been in effect m
previous years; however some have been
revised and additions have been made.
The Math Lab is designed to assist
students in math courses. Dr. Lander is
the faculty tutor and several student
tutors also provide help in the lab. In
Math Lab, students can get help with
homework, go over tests they may have
done poorly on, be tutored on specific
topics they have difficulty understanding
or simply use it as a quiet place to
study.
Dr. Lander emphasized, “Math Lab
is for students who have difficulty and
students who love math and do well in
il. it’s for everybody.”
Math Lab is located in Moore
Science Building, Room 110. The lab is
open, with Dr. Lander available,
Monday through Thursday from 3.30 -
5:30 p.m. and Monday nights from 6:30
- 8:30 p.m. On Wednesdays from 10
a.m. until noon, student tutors are in
the lab.
The Writing Center is another
beneficial service offered to students.
Students can get one - on - one tutorials
in the Writing Center and help with
written assignments in all subjects, not
just English. The Writing Center also
contains computer programs that help
improve grammar skills. Students can
also use the computers in the center to
type papers; however, the Writing
Center is not a place to have papers
proofread. ECT tutoring and make-up
testing are offered in the Writing Center
as well.
Tina McBride is in charge of the
Writing Center, which is located in
McLarty-Goodson, Room 102. Hours
for the center are as follows: Sunday 6 -
9 p.m., Monday 8 - 3:30 p.m. and 7 - 9
p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 8 - 4:30
p.m., and Wednesday 8 - 4:30 p.m. and
7 - 9 p.m.
Students intending to transfer upon
graduation from Brevard College will
find the Transfer Center extremely
lielpful. This center contains many
videos, books, computer programs and
around 1,000 catalogs about colleges.
Adelaide Hart, the Transfer Center
counselor, helps students find schools
suitable for their individual needs,
finances, and major. The Transfer Center
has in-depth information on many
colleges as well as applications for
those schools.
Hart advises students to begin the
process of looking for a college to
transfer to in their freshman year at
Brevard. This is important because
students need to take the classes at
Brevard College that will transfer to the
college they choose.
The Transfer Center is located in
the bottom level of Jones Library. It is
open Monday through Friday from 8:30
a.m. - 5 p.m.
In addition to the Math Lab and the
Writing Center, students can get extra
assistance in courses by tutors. This
year the tutoring program is titled,
“Friends Helping Friends.” The program
incorporates retired volunteers, students,
and tutors with doctorate degrees in
different subject areas.
All professors have a list of tutors
available in each subject area. Students
need to let their professor know if they
want a tutor, and the professor can assist
the student in finding help.
Not only do tutors help students in
various courses, they also help students
with their study skills as well as giving
advice on college or job interviews.
Some tutors charge hourly rates, but
most tutors provide free assisumce.
Bonnie Clark is leading the tutorial
program now, and she can answer
questions that students have concerning
tutors. Her olfice is located in McLarty-
Goodson, Room 129.
Outing club provides escape for students who love the outd
by Jacqueline Chase
Clarion Staff Writer
The Outing Club is a new way to
experience the outdoors with a group of
new people that are experienced and
inexperienced.
The first meeting of this new
interactive club began on Sept. 14,
1994, with a guest speaker by the name
of G. Forest. Some might have
wondered if the thought occurred,
“Could it be Forest Gump??”
No, the guest speaker was Gil
Forest, author of the newly-published
book, “The Great Adventures in the
Southern Appalachians.” He is also an
adventurer and photojournalist.
When he spoke, it was about his
many adventures of being a river guide
of the past twenty years and the many
explorations that he had experienced. He
gave advice about what to do when
Xhinking of activities for the Outing
Club and ideas to get others interested in
joining this new club. Gil Forest was a
very interesting man with a lot of zest
for life and the outdoors. When asked
how he got involved in this field, he
started out by explaining the years m
which he was attending college and got
his degree in journalism from the
University of Georgia in Athens back m
1972. . ^ ,
He accepted a teachmg job at
Illinois State after graduate school and
then became a Professional Scout with
the Boy Scouts of America in 1974.
He has been involved in outdoor
activities since childhood and likes the
wilderness better than a “real job. Here
is a man who is the father of three
(known as Mr. Mom) and is married to
Joyce Sudderth, a special education
teacher at Murphy High School for the
past eighteen years.
It was a very interesting evening for
the first meeting of the Outing Club. To
remind all that would like to join
the Outing Club, it would be worth
your while, with T-shirts and discounts
for Outing Club activities that include
rock climbing, hiking, rafting,
camping, backpacking, etc. There will
be a club fee of about $10 to $15 to
help with the funds needed to provide
our own wilderness adventure. Come
join the experience!
Coffeehouse - a unique way to study at BC
Project Inside-Out trip being
planned for Zimbabwe, Africa
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special to the Clarion
from PIO Office
Project Inside-Out is offering a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel
to Zimbabwe, in Africa, for three
weeks: May 15 through June 3, 1995.
We will work at the new Africa
University in Old Mutare for two weeks
helping in the construction of faculty
houses. The lodging during this time
will be at the University, so we ^ill
have lots of opportunities to meet and
work with persons from Zimbabwe and
other countries in Africa and explore the
local area.
Our third week we will travel across
the country and tour Victoria Falls, t.e
Zimbabwe ruins, the Inyang
Mountains, and the Huange National
Park and Wildlife Refuge.
The cost for this trip is
$3,000. This covcts round
all lodging, most of yout W,
around the country, and many
sichtseeing fees. PIO can help you with
fund raising ideas to help defray the
cost Because of the details involved m
? .hie trin the application
planning this »ip m
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by Jacqueline Chase
Clarion Staff Writer
The Coffee House is now in
session every Sunday night for your
convenience and to get an edge on
studying. The aroma of coffee and/or tea
is in the air as one walks through to the
Underground where the Coffee House is
located.
The Coffee House, which began
about three weeks ago, is open on
Sunday nights from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m^
for those who need to stay up late and
have their dose of caffeine to keep them
Racism-
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but when I say something nice to her or
U-y to be there for her when she is down
I can see in her eyes the disbelief. It has
a lot to do with the color of my skin.
I do not think that there could be
anything that gets right to the heart as
much as someone shutting you out or
not talking to you because of the color
of your skin. If this editorial offended
going throughout the late night as they
cram for tests or just need the quict
studying aunosphere after the library has
closed.
Everyone can relax in a comfortable
setting made of couches and chairs or sit
at the tall tables and stools. Some
students find that it can also be a good
meeting place to have conversations
with friends while sipping a cup of
coffee.
The Coffee House, quiet and
comfortable, is just the place for a
college student to be on a Sunday night
to relax and study.
anyone, GOOD, at least now, maybe for
one minute, you have thought about
this.
There is a lot of racism on this
campus, more than most people realize.
There is not any one of us that is better
than the other, and if you think that you
are then I have two words for you: “GO
HOME.” You are not ready for Brevard
College, or a mature life for that matter.